Vermiis Mysteriis Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Go to http://webster.com/ and type in "beta" in the dictionary input field. Listen to the audio clip. 586633337[/snapback] Golly, that doesn't sound like bettah or beetah. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texdragon Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Bay-tuh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Again, depends on where you are. Here's from the OED:Note: the pronunciation it gives (the only pronunciation it gives) is, effectively, "beetah". :cool: 586633298[/snapback] Say it anyway you want, but I just want to let you know that when you're talking about a beta release and you say beetah and you hear people laugh behind you, I'll be one of em. And I don't remember any M$ execs saying that Vista Beetah 2 will be released soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr0bar Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Bee ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E t h a n Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Say it anyway you want, but I just want to let you know that when you're talking about a beta release and you say beetah and you hear people laugh behind you, I'll be one of em. And I don't remember any M$ execs saying that Vista Beetah 2 will be released soon. 586633365[/snapback] No one's ever laughed at my saying beetah. Would you really laugh at me if I said it that way? I can't imagine I'd find it funny anyone saying baytah. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 No one's ever laughed at my saying beetah. Would you really laugh at me if I said it that way? I can't imagine I'd find it funny anyone saying baytah. :) 586633373[/snapback] If you said it with some weird ass accent, I'd laugh harder :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyko_x Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 ok how about this. if you live in the US say BAY-TAH unless you wanna sound like a moron. if you live in the UK say "better" "bayter" "beetah" or whatever they say. i guarantee if you go to a professor in the sciences in the US they will say baytah end of discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatestfall Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 bay-tah :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C:Amie Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Bee ta. It's the English language, I'm English. What else is there to say ;-) "You say bay ta, I say bee ta - stop it!" :p Even dictionary.com agrees with me (surprisingly) be?ta (bt, b-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Beeta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scofo76 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 i pronounce it Bee-ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 be-ta :p Well it's be-ta/bay-tah (same pronunciation) according to webster :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted October 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2005 Yeah Beat'a, unlike the US who say Bayta 586631453[/snapback] just curious on how you decided that we say it wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llbbl Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 anyone read my reply? https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry586632139 British English BEE-TAH American English BAY-TAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanManIt Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 bay-tuh 586631449[/snapback] Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 breta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shill Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'm Canadian and I pronounce it b?ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I say it as bay-tuh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaguratuS Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 First time I've heard anything other than baytuh In Japanese, "Beta" would sound like behtuh, so I'm sticking with it. Dunno where everyone got beetah from :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS4-SS Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I say it as in spanish, like better (so it would be like Beh tuh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y0sh Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 not you :p 586633158[/snapback] Of course I do. HOW DARE you insult my English, man? lol I wasn't asking "Who speaks proper English?", It was a retort to HIS statement "People who speak proper English blah blah blah.." I replied with, in shock: "who speak proper English?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I personally prefer "behta" as opposed to "bayta," which is what most of my fellow Americans say. However, when pronouncing the Greek letter beta, I say "bayta" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatsniffer Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 It's the Greek Alphabet... duh BETA (Bay-Tuh) - The second letter of the greek alphabet Anything else is retarded, so that makes you retarded. LOL, JK about the retarded stuff. Beta (upper case Β, lower case β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. It seems to have come from the Phoenician word "beth" that means "house" or "tent". The shape of B represented that thing itself (tent), the usual house of the Semites. In the Ancient Greek language, it was pronounced , but in Modern Greek is pronounced . In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. That is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dud Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I pronounce it "BAY-GLURBARSCHLANGDANAMA". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermiis Mysteriis Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I personally prefer "behta" as opposed to "bayta," which is what most of my fellow Americans say. However, when pronouncing the Greek letter beta, I say "bayta" 586634486[/snapback] No offense...but that makes absolutely no sense, when you consider that "alpha" and "beta" in the software world is derived from the Greek letters. Alpha comes first, then Beta...yadda yadda... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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